ShowMe is a global learning community where anyone can create a lesson to share and students can watch lessons created by experts on any number of topics. Teachers are using ShowMe to flip their classrooms and creating lectures for their students to watch at home. The app is available for free as a download on iPad devices. Using the app is like using an interactive whiteboard which records the lesson with audio.
Millions of lessons available at no cost
Connecting great teachers and experts to students
Students as teachers to evaluate their own learning
Can share ShowMes with anyone, even if they don't have an iPad
Embed ShowMes into slideshow presentations (Prezi, Keynote, Microsoft)
Constraints of Tool or App
Available only for iPad
Non-experts can create and upload lessons
How To Use Tool or App
Original Artifact of Tool or App (created by someone in your house)
IDEAS for Tool or App
Student
Learning by teaching: students could master a topic by creating a lesson or exemplar from their own work to assess what they have learned
Show-and-Tell: students could present original ideas (artwork, text, math, photos) with their own narration recorded
Teacher
Flipped classroom: students could view content and lesson material at home by viewing ShowMes, and teachers could use class time for more collaborative group work and project-based learning.
Lesson presentations: teachers could design tutorials for students in any content area (i.e. Explain math processes, present formulas, work example math problems).
Description of Tool or App
ShowMe
ShowMe is a global learning community where anyone can create a lesson to share and students can watch lessons created by experts on any number of topics. Teachers are using ShowMe to flip their classrooms and creating lectures for their students to watch at home. The app is available for free as a download on iPad devices. Using the app is like using an interactive whiteboard which records the lesson with audio.
See the official video for ShowMe:
The ShowMe Story - HD from ShowMe on Vimeo.
Benefits of Tool or App
Millions of lessons available at no costConnecting great teachers and experts to students
Students as teachers to evaluate their own learning
Can share ShowMes with anyone, even if they don't have an iPad
Embed ShowMes into slideshow presentations (Prezi, Keynote, Microsoft)
Constraints of Tool or App
Available only for iPadNon-experts can create and upload lessons
How To Use Tool or App
Original Artifact of Tool or App (created by someone in your house)
IDEAS for Tool or App
Student
Learning by teaching: students could master a topic by creating a lesson or exemplar from their own work to assess what they have learnedShow-and-Tell: students could present original ideas (artwork, text, math, photos) with their own narration recorded
Teacher
Flipped classroom: students could view content and lesson material at home by viewing ShowMes, and teachers could use class time for more collaborative group work and project-based learning.Lesson presentations: teachers could design tutorials for students in any content area (i.e. Explain math processes, present formulas, work example math problems).